State and Local Governments
Library of Congress Internet resource page.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html
State and Local Government on the Net
Piper Resources. Directory with geographic and functional access to websites of state agencies and city and county governments. Also includes links to large number of related national and regional associations.
http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
State and Territorial Governments
Firstgov.com. Links to websites of state and territorial governments, and related resources.
http://www.firstgov.gov/Agencies/State_and_Territories.shtml
State Legislatures Internet Links
Searchable Database provides links to web sites of state legislatures, legislators and other select content areas including bills, constitution, issue reports, program evaluations and statutes.
http://www.ncsl.org/public/leglinks.cfm
U.S. States - YAHOO's Catalog of State Government Sites
http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/State_Government/
American Council on Intergovernmental Relations
The Council is a nonpartisan research entity, federalism clearinghouse, and policy forum, designed to be a successor to the defunct U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. The primary focus is on relations between federal, state, and local governments within the United States.
http://www.library.unt.edu/amcouncil/index.html
Council of State Governments
National organization for all branches of state governments, focusing on policy development, innovative programming, and suggested state legislation.
http://www.csg.org/csg/default
National Association of Counties
Only organization representing county governments - serves as liaison with other levels of government, assists with research, and promotes public-private innovations.
http://www.naco.org/
The National Center for State Courts
NCSC, an independent, nonprofit organization, seeks to improve justice by providing leadership and service to the state courts. Includes best practices in a wide range of areas, and a database of extensive court-related information in 18 major subject areas and over 100 indexed topics.
http://www.ncsconline.org/
National City Government Resource Link
A collection of city-related links from throughout the United States to associations and research organizations.
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1389/index.html
National Conference of State Legislatures
Research and support organization for state legislators with rich issue-related databases, news, reports, and resources.
http://www.ncsl.org/
National Governors Association
Develops policy reports on innovative state programs and promotes best practices on a broad array of issues. Also provides management and technical assistance to both new and incumbent governors.
http://www.nga.org/
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Nonpartisan organization of over 1,000 cities with populations of 30,000 or more. Provides links to mayors, cities, best practices, issue discussion forum, and news.
http://www.mayors.org